Here is my AR I built last year.
lower and upper are from American Weapon Systems, trigger is RRA 2 stage, BCG is BCM, spikes tactical heavy buffer, YHM 14.5" carbine barrel, YHM rifle length quad rail, YHM muzzle brake, Magpul furniture.
optic is a Aimpoint PRO.
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Currently my only AR is a 10% lower forging that doesn't legally count as a gun. My Rock River was sold to pay for my first two Garands.
I like the full length rail with the carbine length barrel. I think that is a nice look!
Thanks brother.
Be careful with your lower, it's addicting.
Man that is one sweet ride. 8)
RRA LAR15
YHM Free float, YHM gas block with front flip up sight, Magpul BAD lever, Magpul CTR with enhanced pad, BCM "H" buffer, DeGroat Flash enhancer ( I bought it for photo shoots, but it gives a noticable decrease in recoil so I left it on.) Hogue grip. Replica Trijicon acog
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Nice package you have put together.
Flash enhancer Huh? Any photos of that! I love fireballs.
Nice RRA btw
There is some poetic justice about having an AR thread here in the "other firearms" section of our new 10mm site.
Not knocking the AR...If you get this, you know what I mean!
Quote from: Rick1987 on June 23 2012 10:09:39 PM MDT
Flash enhancer Huh? Any photos of that! I love fireballs.
Nice RRA btw
Not yet. I haven't been able to take it night shooting yet. But once I do, you can bet i'll have some nice pictures lol. I also have a Noveske KX3 aka Flaming Pig for it. That has thrown some nice fireballs.
Quote from: sqlbullet on June 23 2012 10:28:05 PM MDT
There is some poetic justice about having an AR thread here in the "other firearms" section of our new 10mm site.
Not knocking the AR...If you get this, you know what I mean!
I see what you did there
Ok, I will play. DPMS LR308. 24" Heavy barrel. Scope is a Simmons. Kind of a POS really but gets the job done til I find a good scope for her. I named it Jessica after my first x-wife. weighs a ton and has one hell of a bark.
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Nice rifles!
You know, I found almost 500 rounds of once fired 223 in my safe last night. Nothing to do now but shop for an AR ;D
Part by part brother, every weeks buy more stuff, then put it together. Once completed you will have Your perfect rifle.
Here's my RRA Elite Operator in .556 with 3X9 Ziess scope.
This is not a combat gun, it weighs about 10 lbs.
I like long range shooting and this gun is very accurate with XM193.
VFG is used as a monopod not a grip.
Mini-14 is an old 182 series from 1981.
Shotgun is a Wingmaster from 1972.
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Quote from: Wilhelm on July 01 2012 04:52:32 AM MDT
Here's my RRA Elite Operator in .556 with 3X9 Ziess scope.
This is not a combat gun, it weighs about 10 lbs.
I like long range shooting and this gun is very accurate with XM193.
VFG is used as a monopod not a grip.
Mini-14 is an old 182 series from 1981.
Shotgun is a Wingmaster from 1972.
Mine is a little on the heavier side too. I've had multiple different optical setups, and I believe I may be going back to a medium/long range setup soon.
My buddy has a Colt Carbine with the 4X Colt scope that weighs 6 lbs.
It's a bare bones gun with nothing added but the scope. He could not believe how heavy mine was.
The extra weight comes mainly from the half-quad handguard and the heavier barrel. It's quite nose heavy but stable. Nothing to run around with, but rock solid for precision shooting. Head shots at 400yds. are easy with this rig.
Mine should be here end of August.
RRA Elite Operator 2. I could not pass on the sale! Plus, with a name like "Elite Operator"---it just HAS to be the best AR around. (Said with FULL sarcasm AND tongue in cheek gentlemen.)
Really nice AR's guys....thanks for the pics....enjoy.
Those are some fine looking rifles guys! 8)
Here's my Poi Dog AR
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I'm working on 2 of them now ;D
My baby is a custom upper by Predator Custom in 300 wsm :o waiting for a CMMG lower to come in.
Then I have a Spike Tactical lower that I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do with it, its marked 2 of 40 TPP
I want an SBR
That would be sweet. You get some pretty nice flames out of a sbr. And loud as hell!
http://wilsoncombat.com/new/rifle-sbr-tactical.asp# (http://wilsoncombat.com/new/rifle-sbr-tactical.asp#)
Not something I have, but have a growing liking toward the FNH SCAR 17s which is chambered for 7.62x51.
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Can those be counted as an AR?
http://www.fnhusa.com/l/products/law-enforcement/carbines/scar-series/scar-17s/ (http://www.fnhusa.com/l/products/law-enforcement/carbines/scar-series/scar-17s/)
SCAR 17s are sweet but for the money I'd buy a LWRC 308
I can definitely understand that! They sure don't give those SCARs away.
The SCAR is a pretty badass rifle. If I had the money, but I don't. Maybe someday the prices will come down.
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50 Beowulf. It's the only AR platform rifle that I own.
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Throwing brass!!!
Here's my latest one:
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50 Beowulf. It's the only AR platform rifle that I own.
That is sick. What is the barrel length, and what bullet weight(s) can you get up to what velocity(s) with it?
275-400 grains in the 1800 fps range. 500 grain projectiles slow down to about 1400 fps. At those velocities it would be ballistically (flight trajectory) similar to original 45-70 loads, not the new high pressure ones.
Heavy hitter though. 400 grains at 1800 fps means pretty much no cover unless you have plate armor.
1800fps with a 400gr slug is 2877 lb-ft. Not too shabby and pokes a big hole.
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50 Beowulf. It's the only AR platform rifle that I own.
That is sick. What is the barrel length, and what bullet weight(s) can you get up to what velocity(s) with it?
Barrel is 16 inches. The 50 Beowulf fits my liking for big bore calibers that can be tailored to do a variety of tasks. Everything from 500gr XTPs to Sinterfire fragmented, to the 325gr Barnes 54 cal muzzle loader, "expander" all copper bullet. (the bullet is .50cal and comes in a sabot which I discarded). The great thing about the Beowulf is that it will use many of the same bullets that my 500 S&W mag does. BTW More velocity does not always mean better terminal performance.
Quote from: sqlbullet on June 28 2012 09:32:41 AM MDT
You know, I found almost 500 rounds of once fired 223 in my safe last night. Nothing to do now but shop for an AR ;D
Any idea of what you'll be shopping for?
Unless a killer deal falls in my lap, I will probably build myself.
Last time I looked around at complete guns Stag had a great deal. But, Colt's are pretty reasonable these days as well.
The issue I run into if I buy is the stack of parts I end up with after I replace everything with what I actually want.
Aero Precision lower, PSA parts kit and Magpul furniture (ACS-L stock)
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I've bought a bunch of AR's over the years, sold most of them, and currently have four on hand. The top one is my newest, a DPMS I found used with a nice Leupold 3x9 scope on it. Below that is my old standby, a S&W MP-15, one of four I bought several years ago, I kept the one with the best trigger/accuracy, and put an A2 stock on it. This gun has digested a fair amount of ammo, at least 6K of steel-cased stuff and a lot of handloads, and it has never choked, ever. It's easily the favorite.
The third gun (the one with the gland condition) is another DPMS, my only .308 semiauto. It's affectionately known as "The Beast", because it weighs about 14 pounds loaded. It shoots right well, though. With the ammo it likes it will stay under an inch at 100. With ammo it doesn't like it's a 10-inch gun! Picky sucker.
The bottom rifle is one I recently bought for my son, he got to pick it out, and he wanted a bare-bones gun, so we got him a new Del-Ton. With young eyes and a steady hand, it will put ten rounds of Hornady Steel Match into about an inch and a half at 100 yards, using the factory open sights. I wish I could see that well!
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I am joining the game. I got in on a group by deal in another forum I belong too. One of the sponsors that makes lowers is offering them to longtime members at a great price, and we get to be in line ahead of the current panic. I ordered two. Planning to build one up as a 5.56, and the other in 6.8 spc. Probably be most of the year before I get them finished with my other projects, but I will post photos as I go along.